Improved velocipede



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R. E 8 CL G A D." & R E N D R A G velocipede.

Patented March 16, 1869 2 Sheetssheet 2.

GARDNER & TRAGESER.

Veiocipede.

Patented March 16, 1869.

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N4 PETERS, Pho lo-Liihographer, Washlngton, D. C.

FRANKLIN B. GARDNERAND JOHN TRAGESEROFNEW YORK, NJY.

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Letters'Patent No. 87,769, dated Mame]; 16, 1869.

rmnovnn VELOCIPEDE.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making pan: of the same.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we,'FRANKLm B. GARDNER and JOHN TRAGESEB, of the city and State of: New York,;. have invented and made a new and useful Improvement in Velocipedes; and we do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the said invention, reference being had to the annexed drawing, making part ofthis specification, wherein- Figure 1 is a plan of the said. velocipede, and

Figure 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the same at theline a: {I}.

- Similar marks of reference denote the same parts.

The object of this invention is to enable the rider to propel the veloeipede by the hands, and steer the same 4 by the feet.

The said invention consists in a pair of hand-levers, fitted to work upon a cross-shaft, and, by pawls, act upon ratchet-wheels,.to rotate said cross-shaft, and upon thisis a third ratchet-wheel acting, by a pawl, upon a gear-wheel, that takes a-pinion upon the axle of the driving-wheels; hence, when the movement of the handles is arrested, the velocipede can run without obstruction fromthe gearing, because the pawl,

on the gear-wheel, has simplyto run back over the ratcheetecth. t

We also arrange thebrake in a peculiar manner, so that it can beoperated by the foot to stop the vehicle.

In the drawing- 4 g a a are the hind wheels, forming the drivers. These are on the axle b; and

c c are side-frames, extending to the pintle d of the front wheel 0, which is used for steering, the foot-pieces, or cross-bar f, being provided for this purpose.

Upon the frames cc,-a seat or seats are to be introduced. We have shown a seat at 0.

Between the frames 0 o is a cross-shaft, g, upon which three ratchet-wheels, 1, 2, 8, are fastened.

The shaft g also forms the fulcrum fonthe hand-levers h h, said levers having eyes at their ends, through which the shaft 9 passes, and each lever carriesa springpawl, to take the respective teeth of the wheels-1 or 3.

Between the wheels 1 and 2 is a gear wlreel, k, having upon it a spring-pawl, 1, taking the ratchet-wheel 2, and this wheel is gears into a pinion, m, on the axle b.

It will now be understood that the driver, working the levers 71,12 alternately, communicates to the shaft g, a continuous or nearly continuous rotation, and this drives the wheel It by the ratchet 2 and paw] l, and, by the pinion m, drives the velocipede, and if the levers hh are not operated, the momentum will continue to .and wheel 70, the pawl l of which will run back over the teeth of the wheel 2, and there will be but little resistance.

The shaft g is also the fulcrum for the brake-lever 0, that is fitted with'a foot-piece at one end, and at the other end acts upon'a strap, r, that passes around a whenever desired.

What we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-. v r

1. The hand-levers h h on the shaft 9, fitted with pawls, to take the ratchet-wheels 1 and 3, in combination with the ratchet-wheel 2, pawl Z, and wheel k, gearing to the pinion m, the parts being arranged and applied in the manner and for the purposes set forth.

2. In combination with the foregoing, the brake-lever having the shaft 9 for its fulcrum, and arranged to operate upon the wheel s, as set forth.

In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our signaltures, this 11th day of February, 1869'. p

' FRANKLIN B. GARDNER.

JOHN TRAGESER. Witnesses:

GHAs. H. SMITH, Gno. T. PINCKNEY.

give motion to the velocipede, and turn the pinion m;

wheel, s, on the axle I), so as to stop the momentum, 

